Scope and Content Note

The Benton County Bicentennial Commission Records document the
development of programs and activities in Benton County as well as in Corvallis
and on the Oregon State University campus to commemorate the bicentennial of
the American Revolution in 1976. The records consist of correspondence; grant
proposals and funding requests; meeting minutes and reports; publications; and
posters, certificates, and ephemera. The records document activities of the
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Oregon, the OSU Campus
Bicentennial Committee, and the Corvallis American Revolution Bicentennial Task
Force.

The records include materials pertaining to the Northwest Trailblazers,
the junior historians of the Oregon Territory; Bikecentennial '76 activities;
and the National Endowment for the Humanities' American Issues Forum. Of
particular note is the January 1976 issue of the
Bicentennial Ethnic Racial Report, which
describes ethnic racial bicentennial activities throughout the United
States.